Improvement in fire-places



No. 44,228. PATENTE'DVSEPT. 13, 1864.

V11. E. SMITH. PIRBPLAGE.

In :Maia/1 'attachment to a lire-place, capable of being provided with my improvemcnt. Fig. 2 is a together at their longer edges by' means of naled in a horizontal position within the chimney-breast or mantel C. The lower portion of the blower A a is connedin guidinggrooves -D in the sides ot` the jambs E. The shaft B is Y drivenfrom the outside through the medium HAMILTON n, SMITH, 0F CINCINNATI. oHIo.

,IMPROVEMENTIN FIRE-PLACES;

Specicntion forming part of Letters Patent NoJQQ. dated September 13, 1864.`

To all whom 'it may concern:`

Be it known that I, HAiiI LToN E. SMITH, ot Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement-in' Fire-Places; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip?l tion'thereof, reference -being had to "the accompanying drawings, making pa-rt of this specification. y

My improvement relates to a form of blower` adjusted so as to close-the mouth of the fireplace to a greater or less extent, or to be compactly Wound upon a drnxnor shaft in the chimney-breast. v e

' Figure 1 is aperspective View of a fire place longitudinal section Iot' the same. v

My blower is composed of a number ot thin metallic slats, A, which slats are Aconnected hinges a. l The upper edge of my blower Aais attached to a shaft or drum, B,.which is joui enables it to bewoond npvinto such compact y dimensions as to be lentirely invisible when not 1n use, although available at a inonients;i notice forclosing a part or all of the rf y lace opening. It is thus available as a screen to neatly close in the fire-place during the summer. The slats A may be either ot cast or; wrought iron. v When of the latter material, their hinge ears may be formedv by cuttingr and bending the material of the Slat itself'.` `Whether ofwrought or cast liron,.tlie slats may be stiil'ened longitudinally by means ot beads 0rcorrugations. y

' I claim herein as new and of my invention- The combination of the flexible screen or blower A a. drum B,'pinion F, worm G, and crank H", all :irren ged to operate as shown and described.

In testimony ot' which invention I hereunto set-my hand.

- Witnesses: HAMILTON E. SMITH.

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

